See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237218110 Livelihoods in conflict: disputes over water for household-level productive uses in Tarata, Bolivia Article · January 2004 CITATIONS READS 4 20 9 authors, including: Rocio Bustamante Butterworth John University of San Simón International Water and Sanitation Centre 13 PUBLICATIONS 49 CITATIONS 36 PUBLICATIONS 254 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE All in-text references underlined in blue are linked to publications on ResearchGate, Available from: Butterworth John letting you access and read them immediately. Retrieved on: 25 October 2016 Livelihoods in conflict: disputes over water for household-level productive uses in Tarata, Bolivia Rocio Bustamante1, John Butterworth2, Mariska Flierman3, Daniel Herbas3, Marieke den Hollander3, Sjoerd van der Meer3, Paul Ravenstijn3, Magaly Reynaga3 & German Zurita3 1Centro- AGUA, Universidad Mayor de San Simon, PO Box 4894, Cochabamba, Bolivia (
[email protected]) 2Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, ME4 4TB, UK (
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[email protected]) Abstract In Tarata (Cochabamba, Bolivia) disputes came to a head in 2002 over the rights to use water for urban agriculture from a multiple purpose water supply system (Laka Laka). The Laka Laka dam was planned to provide water for a large irrigation scheme and to meet the basic needs of domestic users in the town, but not specifically for productive water uses within the urban area. When the urban population demanded the right to also use water for cultivation around homesteads, there were violent conflicts with farmers from the irrigation scheme who were determined to protect their irrigation water rights.